Hunter Quartermain's Story: The Uncollected Adventures of Allan Quatermain - Softcover

Haggard, H.Rider

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0720611822 ISBN 13: 9780720611823

Publisher: Peter Owen, 2003

Synopsis

Collection of stories about the adventurer and original 'great white hunter'

About this title

Synopsis:

Over a century after the debut of the intrepid hunter explorer Allan Quatermain in King Solomon's Mines (1885), he remains one of the great heroes of literature whose adventures have been adapted for cinema and television. The most famous of Rider Haggard's dozen novels about him - including She, Allan Quatermain and Allan and the Ice Gods - have been regularly reprinted for new generations of readers. But aside from these, there is also a novelette, Allan's Wife and four short stories of his adventures which have never been collected in one volume. Peter Haining's collection is finally that volume. He introduces the stories with a detailed resume of Rider Haggard's life and career from 1856 to his death in 1925, and a provides information about the inspiration and creation of Allan Quatermain. He also provides a chronology of the explorer's life linked to the novels and stories so that new readers can follow his career to his death in 1885.

About the Author:

H. Rider Haggard was one of the most celebrated adventure writers in history. He was the author of "Allan Quatermain," "Allan and the Ice Gods," and "She."

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Owen
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0720611822
• ISBN 13: 9780720611823
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256